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H-o G
FileMaker ProUsing FileMaker Pro with
Microsoft Office
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Table o Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3
Beore You Get Started ................................................................................... 4
Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Microsot Excel ......................... 5
Drag and Drop Import ............................................................................... 5
Viewing data in dierent layouts .............................................................. 9
Saving and Sending data as an Excel File .............................................12
Saving and Sending data as a PDF fle ..................................................13
Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Microsot Word ......................14
Storing and Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Ofce Apps .......19
Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Microsot Exchange,
Outlook and Entourage ................................................................................22
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Introduction
FileMaker sotware works well with the Microsot Ofce line o products. With
FileMaker Pro you can take a simple estimate, schedule, or contact list you created in
Excel and drag and drop that fle onto the FileMaker Pro application icon and it will
automatically create a database in FileMaker Pro. Youll then be able to search, sort,
share and prepare reports using that data instantly and without having to re-key a
thing!
Are you creating individual letters, invoices and mailing labels by hand? Save yoursel
countless hours by integrating Microsot Word and FileMaker Pro. By storing all your
contacts, assets, and inventory records in FileMaker Pro, you can easily produce
customized letters and labels by pulling inormation rom FileMaker Pro into Word
without having to type individual letters and invoices or duplicate data entry.
And you can use FileMaker Pro as a digital library or all your PowerPointpresentations as well as your Word and Excel documents and fles that you use over
and over again. By keeping requently used templates, graphics, tables, and charts
organized in a database, theyll be instantly searchable and more easily accessed by
you and anyone you choose.
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THinGs YOu Can dO FasTer and easier in FileMaker PrO
> Manage customer, client, and vendor details with complete searchable detail
>Access, track, and collaborate with colleagues on projects and tasks
> Track and manage inventory, products, and assets
> Organize and archive pictures, video and other multimedia fles or create
your own digital asset tracking solution
> Produce customized reports with eye-catching charts and save as PDF or
Excel ormats
> Print invoices, letters and mailing labels
> Send targeted mailings to customers>View live web inormation linked to your data within your database
> Set up live two-way connections to your organizations SQL data
> Share databases with Windows and Mac users simultaneously over the
network or across the web.
Beore You Get Started
You will need a copy o FileMaker Pro installed on your Mac or Windows computer. Youcan get a ree 30-day trial copy o FileMaker Pro at www.flemakertrial.com. On this site,
you should also download the ree FileMaker Business Productivity Kit which contains
ully working business database templates which you can either start to use immediately,
or customize or your own business needs.
www.flemakertrial.com
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Lets Get Started!
Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Microsot Excel
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Storing and analyzing data in lists
Analyzing and modeling data
Producing charts and graphs
Building a nancial model
Creating basic reports
Viewing inormation in list, orm, or table
view
Storing and managing virtually any type of
inormation (words, images, numbers, fles)
Creating and publishing customized forms
and reports
Connecting related information such as
inventory and sales
Access by multiple people at the same
time
I youre using Excel to manage your data, you may think you have all the inormation
management you need. Think again. You can instantly transorm your Excel
spreadsheets into rich, powerul solutions that you can customize to suit your needs:
4Performing searches
4Printing professional quality reports 4Importing and storing images, video, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
4Tracking projects, contacts, inventory
4Publishing information to the web
4Sharing data across a workgroup regardless of platform
With FileMaker Pro, you can instantly transorm your Excel spreadsheets into richer,
more powerul database solutions that let you perorm searches, sort data, import
images, create reports, add links, resize columns, and more by simply dragging and
dropping your Excel spreadsheets into FileMaker Pro. It really is just that simple.
Exercise 1: Drag and Drop Import
Theres no need to re-enter the inormation you have stored in Excel or any otherspreadsheet. You can easily import your inormation ollowing these simple steps.
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1. With your spreadsheet fle closed, simply drag the Excel fle onto the FileMaker Pro
icon.
2. In the First Row Option dialog box, choose whether the frst row o data contains
feld names or the frst record o data, then click OK.
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3. In the Create a New File Name dialog box, type a name for the new le, choose a
location, then click .
4You now have a FileMaker Pro fle with the same inormation as your Excel fle.
Once your Excel File has been converted to a FileMaker Pro fle, you can now easily
search and sort your data:
4Click on any header, and FileMaker Pro will automatically sort the data for you.
4Find inormation quickly by entering a word in the search box in the Status
Toolbar. Easily search across all felds in your layout.
4Add or delete records instantly using the New Record or Delete Record
icons.
4Add felds or columns just like you would in a spreadsheet.
4Resize or re-order any column by dragging the column header to the let or
right
4. With your newly created FileMaker fle, you can select any o the columns and
easily move them around, sort them, and even use the drop down column menus
to fnd sub-summary totals as shown in the ollowing example.
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a. For this example, we want to fnd the total number o people in each state. To
do this we simply click on the column menu on the State/Province column and
select the [Add Trailing Group by State_Province] menu item.
b. Next, select the column menu again and choose [Trailing Subtotals] and then
[Count (State_Province1 Count].
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c. We now have a total count o the number o people in each state
Exercise 2: View your data with dierent types o layouts
FileMaker Pro makes it easy to create layouts, orms, labels, and lists that look and
work the way you want them to. Lets experiment with some new layouts and add a
new feld to our database.
1. To add a new feld to your orm, simply click on the plus sign [+] in the top right
section o your table:
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2. Next, click in the new eld box and click on the right hand arrow and choose [Field
Type] and then [Container]. (See picture or example)
Now a Picture feld has been added to your databases list o available felds, and now
all you need to do is insert a picture to display.
3. To create new layouts, simply use the Layout/Report button located in the top
portion of the Layout screen (To get to the Layout screen, simply choose [View] then
[Layout Mode] in the top menu bar).
4. Click on the [New Layout/Report] button
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5. Choose the type of layout or report that you would like to create - Standard, TableView, Labels, custom. For this example, were going to use Standard form.
6. On the next screen, choose what inormation you want to appear on your layout
and choose [Next].7. Next, choose what theme or color palette you would like to use and then hit [Finish].
8. You now have a new layout which you can urther customize in the Layout screen.
Sample layout made rom the Layout/Report Assistant
Also be sure to check out the database templates that come ree with FileMaker Pro.
There are pre-designed, ready-to-use orms or managing contacts, tracking projects,organizing inventory, and other popular tasks.
Samples o the pre-designed ready-to-use orms
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E 3: S E f.
There are times when youll want to save your FileMaker Pro data as an Excel fle using
the Excel Maker eature.
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Create Microsoft Excel workbooks from your FileMaker data right from within
FileMaker Pro, or easy sharing and analysis by Excel users.
1. Choose Save/Send Records As from the File menu and choose Excel.
Save FileMaker data directly into an Excel fle
2. To view Excel options, click the Options button in the Save Records As Excel dialog.
For example, you can defne the name o the worksheet, title, subject, author, or
enter a description about the fle.
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3. Ater saving, you can automatically open the fle in Excel, and/or create an email
with the fle as an attachment, or both. Just select the appropriate options at the
bottom o the Save As dialog box.
4. Excellent! Your FileMaker Pro data is now saved as an Excel fle and presented in
the amiliar rows and columns ormat that Excel users appreciate.
E 4: Sv PDF .
PdF Maker
Securely share FileMaker data with people outside your FileMaker workgroupeven
people who dont have FileMakerby creating, printing, and emailing Adobe PDF fles.
1. Choose Save/Send Records As from the File menu and choose PDF to create a
PDF fle rom all the records being browsed, the current record, or a blank orm.
Share FileMaker data through PDF fles
2. Click the Options button to access all PDF options available from within the actual Acrobat
application: Document, Security, and Initial View. By selecting options on the Security
panel, or example, you can control the right to open, print, or modiy the document.
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Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and Microsot Word
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It is easy to add a new letter layout within a FileMaker Pro fle and print a letter to
a single customer, a specifc group o customers based on search criteria, or all
customer records in a database.
You may however have an existing letter template in Word that you would like to
use as the basis o a mail merge document, using customer records that are held in
FileMaker Pro. You can export a selected set o records rom a FileMaker database, as
a Merge fle, which can be used as a recipient list or a Word mail merge document.
stp 1: Preparing a Letter or Mail Merging in Microsot Word
Launch Microsot Word and open your existing letter template document:
F : A sample marketing letter written in Word, ready or merge felds to be
added.
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stp 2: Creating the Merge Data File in FileMaker
You can export customer records in your FileMaker Pro database to create a new merge
data source le. You can either select all records in your Contacts le to include in the new
merge fle, or reduce the list o recipients by searching or a specifc group o customers.
When you are happy with your chosen set o records, select the menu option:
File > Export Records.
The Export Records to File dialog box will appear. The fle name and type options, are
shown below. Type a name for the new exported records le. Click the down arrow
to the right o the Save as type feld and choose Merge Files rom the list o fle types.
Choose a folder location to save the new merge le to, and click the Save button.
F : The fle options in the Export Records to File dialog box.
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The Speciy Field Order or Export dialog box will appear. As a deault setting, the list
o felds displayed on the let, is based on the current layout. Highlight each o the
felds you want included in your mail merge letter, and click the Move button each
time. When you are happy with your selected felds, click the Export button. A newmerge fle will now be created in the location you select.
F 3: The Speciy Field Order or Export dialog box.
stp 3: Linking the Merge Data File to the Merge Letter
Switch back to the letter document in Word and select the menu option Tools > Mail
Merge Manager, or Tools > Letters and Mailings > Mail Merge depending upon
which version o Microsot Word you are using. The Mail Merge task pane will open.
Use the hyperlinks in the task pane to navigate through the mail merge process.
[See screens below or process]
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F 4: Selecting the Mail Merge Manager eature within Microsot Word.
F 5: Select either open data source and choose your FileMaker Mail Merge
document, or in newer versions o Microsot Word, you can also choose FileMaker
and link directly to your FileMaker database.
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F 6: Drag and match your database felds to the address felds in your letter.
Ater felds are matched, preview the records then merge the data into your letter.
F 7: Final letter with merged data, ready or mailing.
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Storing and Sharing Data between FileMaker Pro and all MicrosotOfce Applications
u FM at lby to sto Ofc docmtThere are many proessional frms using FileMaker Pro as an electronic asset library,
to store business documents. You can store virtually any type o fle in a FileMaker
container feld and i you have the original document application installed on your
computer, you can open the fle rom within FileMaker.
stp 1: Opening the Document Library FileMaker Template
We can use the Document Library template that ships with FileMaker Pro, to build
an example asset library fle. Launch FileMaker Pro, and on the Quick Start Screen,
choose the Use a Starter Solutionsection. Select the Document Library rom the
set of database templates, shown in Figure 1 below. Click the button to
create the new fle.
Figure 1: Select the Document Library template rom the Quick Start Screen
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stp 2: Inserting a File into the Document Library File
Figure 2: Use the Document Library fle to store details on a PowerPoint Presentation
The Document Library Form View layout includes a container feld displayed as a
white rectangle with the label Picture behind it. In addition to a description o the
le, you can store the le itself, or a reference to it, within the container eld. Click
the container feld and choose Insert > File rom either the mouse menu, or the Insert
menu. Use the Insert File dialog box, which then appears, to select the document that
you want to add to the FileMaker record.
At the base o the dialog box there is a check box that gives you the option to store
only a reerence to the fle, shown in Figure 3. I you select Store only a reerence to
the fle, FileMaker Pro doesnt import the fle, it only keeps track o where it is on your
hard disk, saving disk space.
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Figure 3: The fle storage option within the Insert File dialog box
When needed, you can choose Export Field Contents from the mouse menu or the
Edit menu to export a copy o the stored document.
stp 3: Inserting a Linked Object into the Document Library File
You may preer to store the document in FileMaker Pro as a linked object. This
method means that you will be able to launch the original fle rom within FileMaker.
Click the container eld and select the Insert File option from the mouse menu or the
Insert menu. The Insert Object dialog box will open, as shown in Figure 4. At the base
o the dialog box be sure to check the box that gives you the option to store only a
reerence to the fle. This will allow you to open the fle within FileMaker Pro by simply
clicking on the fle in the container feld
Figure 4: Use the Insert File dialog box to add a link to the original fle in a container feld
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Using The Container Field
With the Container Field, you can add, store, and archive virtually any type of le or
inormation you want to your database including images, movies, sounds, Microsot
Ofce fles, Adobe PDF fles and much more. Store several terabytes o inormation inany single database. Use FileMaker Pro to keep track o projects, inventory, contracts,
and store the original Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint or JPEG fles.
Sending data rom FileMaker Pro to Microsot Exchange, Outlookand Entourage
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It is quite easy to send email rom within FileMaker Pro using the Send Mail button
command. From the File menu in your database, select [Send -> Mail].
Figure 1: Selecting the Send Mail command within FileMaker Pro
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Next, select the email eld from your database, add in a subject line, message, and
any fle attachment that you wish to send.
Figure 2: Selecting the email feld to mail to.
Once all the elds are lled out, simply hit the OK button, and FileMaker will
send the fles and attachments to your email client out box.
Figure 3: Email ready to be sent rom the out box within the email client
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Next Steps
Congratulations! Youve taken the rst step toward tacking any task - the easy way!
You might be interested in the ree resources available on the FileMaker websites(www.flemaker.com and www.flemakertrial.com). These ree resources include:
Pre-designed, ready-to-use databases for common everyday information
management needs.
FileMaker Pro Resource Center that includes video tutorials, hands-on guides and
other helpul inormation.
Customer stories so you can read how others from around the world use FileMaker
Pro to manage their inormation better.
FileMaker News a monthly electronic newsletter containing notications of software
updates, tips and tricks or using FileMaker Pro in new ways, special oers, and
more!
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